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Climate change

World temperatures are showing signs of increasing beyond 2°C which will seriously disrupt ecosystems and weather patterns, with severe consequences for current societies and agricultural systems.

Understanding past climate change and the earth system is vital to predicting future change.

University of Bristol researchers have developed a Whole Earth System Model which integrates models of the atmosphere, ocean, sea-ice, marine sediments, land surface, vegetation and soil, ice sheets and the energy, biogeochemical and hydrological cycling.

Researchers are also interested how changes in the physical environment impact society and infrastructure.